#C84557#C84557

#C84557 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.166 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84557
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 87)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(352, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 53.17, 18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 56.29, 19.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1595 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.166 16)
XYZ	xyz(27.6704, 17.2274, 10.8831)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84557 #45C8B6

analogous

#C84598 #C84557 #C87545

triadic

#C84557 #57C845 #4557C8

tetradic

#C84557 #98C845 #45C8B6 #7545C8

square

#C84557 #98C845 #45C8B6 #7545C8

split-complementary

#C84557 #45C875 #4598C8

monochromatic

#71212C #A02F3F #C84557 #D67482 #E4A3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C84557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C84557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84557

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84557	1.00	4.72	4.44	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.166 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8086',
    500: '#c84557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84557;
$custom-light: #df8086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.756,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57712,
    "c": 0.16598,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.17224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84557

secondary

#98D1C9

accent

#DEC94A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84557

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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